Sheridan Fleet to Compete in Elimination Races
The North Shore Outboard Motor Club formed in Evanston in 1928 to promote small boat racing on Lake Michigan. Founders included Franklin Cook and Karl Yost among others from Franston and Wilmette. The club staged eight regattas in 1928, expanded to twenty five members by 1929, and helped promote the Milwaukee Chicago Marathon with over a hundred boats in 1928 and 1930. DeWitt of Port Clinton, Ohio won the 2:55 marathon in 1930. five local members placed in the event.
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Evanston
North Shore
Outboard Motor Club
Lake Michigan
Franklin Cook
Karl Yost
Walter Kaehler
Ken Brubaker
Herbert Philbrick
Guy Keefer
Clarence Zillmer
Bill Peacock
Ben Rawlins
Stanley Segar
Jo. Brubaker
Robert Rickson
Bill Gash
Dave Andersen
Kent Segar
Stew McLaughlin
Sid Geal
Brewster Atwater
Art Crawford
Louis Beardslee
Franston
Wilmette
Rogers Park
Edgewater
Elta
Mississippi River
DeWitt
Port Clinton
Ohio
Sails With MacMillan to Labrador and Greenland
Paul Davis Jr son of Mr and Mrs Davis Kenilworth sailed June 20 from Wiscasset Maine with the MacMillan expedition in the Arctic. He will be gone about three and a half months. He attends Culver Military Academy and will return this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Davis, Jr
Paul H. Davis
Woodstock Avenue
Kenilworth
Wiscasset
Maine
MacMillan
Arctic
Greenland
Baffin Land
Labrador
William A. Thomas
Commander MacMillan
Junior
Mrs Brown to Move to Pueblo with Family
Mrs. Robert M. Brown of 221 Dupee Place will leave this weekend with her sister Mrs. O C Wise and her family for their home in Pueblo Colorado. Miss Mary Brown has returned for the summer from Pueblo where she has been attending high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Brown
Dupee Place
O. C. Wise
Pueblo, Colo
Mary Brown
Pueblo
Swedish Mystery Star Boat Turns Out Human Error
The Sheri dan Shore Yacht club welcomed the Wet Shack, a Swedish built star boat for C. H. Pajeau and Francis Early. A Swedish plaque revealed a joke misread as the makers were listed as Apple sauce and Mayonnaise, the real builder being a local carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
Sweden
C. H. Pajeau
Evanston
Francis Early
Glenwood Avenue
Hubbard Woods
Early
Pajeau
Wet Smacks Wins Third Series A Race Saturday
Wet Smacks, skippered by C. H. Pajeau of Evanston and Francis Early of Hubbard Woods, won the third Series A race on a ten mile course in 1 56 under light winds. Fram finished second, three minutes back, with Walrus Hum mer Twinkle Ditto and Carol following in order.
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Wet Smack
Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
C. H. Pajeau
Evanston
Francis Early
Hubbard Woods
Frank W. Manegold
Fram
Lea
Walrus
Russel Nall
Walter Stockton
Hummer
William H. Noble
Winnetka
Twinkle Ditto
Max Mayford
Carol
Harold H. Elliott
Chicago
Sam G. Goss
Glencoe
Sheridan Shores Social Season Opens With Dance
The Sheridan Shore Yacht club starts its summer social season with a dinner dance at the club house on Sheridan road Wilmette harbor. More than 125 members and guests are expected as Friday night socials run all summer except the Fourth of July.
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Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
Sheridan Road
Wilmette
Wilmette Harbor
Great Lakes Star Boat Trials Set Off Belmont Harbor
The Sheridan Shore Yacht Club hosts the five race elimination series to select a star boat for the International star races in Chesapeake Bay. Races occur July 4 5 and August 9 10 off Wilmette and Belmont harbors with a September Great Lakes championship to decide the runner up for September dates. Vessels from Detroit Toledo Jackson Park Columbia and Chicago clubs compete. Max Hayford of Evanston won last year aboard Twinkle Ditto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
Belmont Harbor
Marshall Studio
Sheridan Road
Wilmette
Chicago
North Shore
Chesapeake Bay
Wilmette Harbor
Detroit
Toledo
Jackson Park
Columbia
Max Hayford
Evanston
Sheridan Shore Club
Hayford
New Orleans
Sheridan Shore
Samuel Goss
Glencoe
Lake Michigan
Commutes by Fast Speed Boat Between Glencoe and Chicago
James Simpson of Glencoe leads the Chicago plan commission and Marshall Field board. He uses a 33 foot Gar Wood speed boat, topping 50 mph, to commute 20 miles from Glencoe to his Merchandize Mart office, traveling about 35 mph along the lake and river most days. The boat rests at his Glencoe dock or Wilmette harbor when unused, with rough water affecting trips little and weather only modestly hindering the route. He uses the boat about 85 percent of the time.
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James Simpson
Glencoe
Chicago Plan Commission
Marshall Field and Company
Simpson
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Lake Shore
Chicago River
Wilmette Harbor
Mr. Simpson
Local Boats Entered in Hamilton Club Regatta
Sheridan Shore Yacht club's star fleet will compete in the Hamilton Club regatta off the Navy pier at 2 o'clock this Saturday afternoon. Fifteen boats from the local club are expected to participate.
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Sheridan Shore Yacht Club
Hamilton Club
Navy Pier
Mrs MacKinnon Hosts Bridge Luncheon at Kenilworth Home
Mrs. F. B. MacKinnon of 321 Leicester Road Kenilworth gave a bridge luncheon at her residence last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. MacKinnon
Leicester Road
Kenilworth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheridan
North Shore Outboard Motor Club
Wet Smacks
Great Lakes
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